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  April 27, 2012, 12:59 pm

Two more cybersecurity bills approved in House

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House on Friday morning approved two cybersecurity bills, following Thursday's approval of a bill making it easier for companies to share information with the government about cyber threats.

The two bills considered Friday were non-controversial, and approved easily under a suspension of House rules.

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  April 26, 2012, 7:13 pm

House approves second cybersecurity bill

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House on Thursday evening quickly approved a second cybersecurity bill, H.R. 4257, the Federal Information Security Amendments act.

The bill is aimed at updating the federal government's responsibility to manage its information systems so as to best thwart cyber threats. But according to Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the current law on the books, the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), is not enough.

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  April 26, 2012, 6:32 pm

House approves cybersecurity bill over Obama veto threat

By Pete Kasperowicz

Members approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act in a 248-168 vote.

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  April 26, 2012, 5:50 pm

Amendment results for cybersecurity bill

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House on Thursday evening considered all 16 amendments to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act, H.R. 3523, and disposed of them.

The House originally seemed ready to pass the bill on Friday, but will now approve it Thursday evening. Amendment vote results follow here:

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  April 24, 2012, 3:41 pm

Comparing Twitter to the railroad, McCain opposes postal reform bill

By Joshua Altman

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) said Tuesday that the U.S. Postal Service needs adapt to 21st century technologies in the same way it did when Americans started moving by rail.

“We now have the ability to communicate with each other without sitting down with pen and paper, just as we had the ability to transfer information and knowledge by means of the railroad rather than the pony express,” McCain said.

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  April 20, 2012, 1:40 pm

House to vote on four cyber bills, leaves out Lungren measure

By Brendan Sasso

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced on Friday that the House will vote on four bills next week to improve the nation's defenses against cyber attacks.

But left off the list was the Homeland Security Committee's Precise Act, which the panel approved on Wednesday. Bill author Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) scaled back the legislation in a last-minute attempt to win the support of GOP House leaders, who had made it clear that they wouldn't support any bill that would create new regulations for cybersecurity.

Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), who chairs the Homeland Security Committee and supports the Precise Act, said the measure could still come up for a vote next week.

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  April 4, 2012, 1:24 pm

Rep. Wolf presses Holder for answers on human trafficking

By Pete Kasperowicz

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) on Wednesday called on Attorney General Eric Holder to answer his questions from February on the state of Department of Justice (DOJ) efforts to crack down on human trafficking, including websites that offer adult services, which he said are magnets for these illegal activities.

In a letter he sent to Holder on Wednesday, Wolf said Congress approved language last year that calls on the DOJ to set up a human trafficking task force. But when Wolf asked Holder in February for an update on this task force, Holder said he had not yet sent a directive to begin this work. Since then, Holder has not replied, and Wolf demanded an answer before the end of April.

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  April 2, 2012, 3:32 pm

Schumer calls on FCC to ban cellphone 'cramming'

By Ramsey Cox

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday demanding that it ban cellphone companies from charging costumers for "cramming," the practice of sending text messages offering services, such as sports scores or horoscopes, that result in unauthorized fees on monthly bills.

Schumer wants to stop cellphone companies from charging costumers for third-party fees unless direct consent has been given.

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  March 27, 2012, 6:35 pm

House votes to limit FCC on regulations, merger authority

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House on Tuesday evening passed a bill that would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do more study and require more public input before releasing regulations, and weaken the FCC's ability to dictate the terms of mergers between communications mergers.

The House voted 247-174 in favor of H.R. 3309, the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform act. It was passed over the objection of all Democrats save 12 — Democrats spent much of the day arguing that the bill was a GOP attempt to shut down the agency.

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  March 27, 2012, 2:09 pm

House advances FCC bill; debate, amendments later Tuesday

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House on Tuesday afternoon approved a rule allowing members to debate and consider amendments to H.R. 3309, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Process Reform Act.

Members approved the rule in a 242-177 vote, and later in the afternoon were expected to start general debate on the bill and up to 10 amendments that could get a vote.

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